Towel cabinet



1951 F. c. PEACOCK ETAL I 2,569,823

TOWEL CABINET Filed April 50, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet l Winn-02$ f-T'Cuznss pEficacK Jo HIV 5. E/v64-4 ATTORNEYS 1951 F. c. PEACOCK ETAL 569.8 8

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imitat on-a man, 1945, Serial No. 591,192 1 Claims- (01. 312-1110) Our invention relates toimprovements in towel. service cabinets, withparticular referenceto Cab-1., inets for outdoor useand exposure .to weather.

The primary object of our invention isato provide a cabinet peculiarly adapted for use at filling stations to facilitate windshield service.

More particularly, our object to -.provide a cabinet having interior compartments protected from the weather and adaptedfor storage of unused andused towels, in association withexterior compartments for brushes, bottles of cleansing fluid and the like, provided with means for draining the contents of the exterior compartments to the rear in such a manner that allexposed walls may be kept clean, free from stains, and attractive in appearance at all times.

More specific objects are to provide improved means for storing unused towels in the cabinet; to provide improved meansfor holding the cover in an elevated position-for the receptionof used towels while windshield service is being rendered; to provide improved means for supporting the cabinet in an elevated position from a post or wall; and to provide improved meansfor holding auxiliary tools and equipment-for rendering windshield service.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1" is afront elevaticnof our improved towel cabinet, with one side partially broken away i in verticalsectioni Figure 2 is a sectionalview, drawn to line 22 of-Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional-view, drawn to line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the cabinet, showing the front and right-hand side, with the cover in raised position, and the holder for unused towels depressed to a towel receiving position.

Figure 5 is a perspective view'of thecabinet, showing the right-hand and rear side of the cabinet and an associated cabinet'supporting bracket.

Figure 6 is a sectional view drawn-toline 66 of Figure 4. I

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several. views.

Our improved cabinet has the general form of i a vertically ,elongatedrectangular box I. A cover I I is hinged to the back wall at I2, and provided with interior wing-like supports .13 which have rectangular openings I5 near their lower margins Fi u e. 3 adapt dt rec ive s ud-l k proiec tions it carried by brackets l1 which-arewelded othe endwa ioi theicabin ie:

he sqizmri asmuss hare saddest *the towels being thus given aninelination toward screws inserted through apertures 3i.

ience, to allow them to bemanually sprung inwardly when the cover is beinginitiallymoved; toward closed position, after which these wings l3 will'be held in the inward position by ribs 18 on-the lower portions of the brackets l1 when the cover is being swung to closed position.

When the cover is again moved to open position,

the wings [3 will slide along the ribs [8 until their lower margins pass the upper ends of "the ribs,

whereupon they will spring outwardly andenage the projections l 6 in the openings l5, theree by locking the cover in the raised position.

Intermediately of its upper and lower ends the cabinetv is, subdivided by a generally horizontal i partition pr sheet metal plate 22 having rearwardly convergent channels 23 pressed in its sur face and leading to a similar rearwardly extending channel 24. The channelled portion 24 of the partition has an extension 25 which projects through an aperture in the rear wall of the cabinet, and in a plate 26 which is welded to said wall and provided with inturned Side flanges 21 which form a runway, open at its lower end and closed at its upper end byepressing the flanges inwardly, as indicated at 29 in Figure 5.

This plate 26 with its flanges 21 serves as a slide whereby the cabinet may be hooked over a suitable supporting bracket 3|], adapted to be connected with a wall or supporting post by This bracket has ofiset slide receiving flanges 32 adapted to support the cabinet in a raised position when the flanges 32 engage the closed ends 29 of the runways formed by the flanges 21.

The lower end portion of the cabinet below the partition 22 is open, and the rear wall is provided with an inwardly projecting bracket 35. A towel support 36 has its rear wall provided with a hook 37 adapted to engage the bracket 35, and the lower end of the towel support has a she1f'38 provided with a slot 39 through which the towels may be withdrawn.

The shelf 38 has convergently inclined ledges 40 upon which the package of towels is supported,

42fto hold the towels out of frictional contact with the wall surfaces. To charge the towel sup-:

port, it is lifted from the bracket 35, tilted slightly in a; forward direction, and then withdrawn throughthe bottom of the cabinet. After-the fltsQwehhaYe been arran ed v e t e su p r t is:

or hand-hold 44 which projects over this chromium plate, whereby finger marks will be re Above I ceived on the plate and not elsewhere. the partition 22 the cabinet side walls are pror therefrom through said openings to flow downof cleansing fluid without soiling the cabinet walls.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a cabinet adapted to be mounted upon a post having a mounting bracket, said cabinet having its rear Wall provided with a channel; adaptedjffor engagement with such a bracket, therear wall and channel having registering openings for drainage, whereby water accumulating within the cabinet may be drained wardly along the supporting post, the interior of vided with apertures at 41 andjare pressed-out Wardly at 48 to provide upwardlyand'outwardlyinclined pockets adapted to receive the lowerends of bottles inserted in the pockets, as indicated at V 50 in Figure l. i

Within this portion of the cabinet, downwardly and inwardly inclined walls form the side and inner walls of the pocket/and a downwardly and forwardly inclined wall 52 constitute the bottom of the pocket, this wall having a slitted and depressed portion 53 for drainage. The walls 5| and 52 may be formed of sheet metal, welded to the associated side wall of the cabinet, and the latter preferably has inturned margins 56 at the sides of the aperture 41.

'Below' the pockets, sheet'metal hooks 60 may be welded to the side walls of the cabinet upon which to hang brushes or other tools, as indicated at 6| in'Figure l.v

- The pockets are used to receive bottles of window cleaning and washing fluids. The towels stored on the towel holder 36 are used'for wiping the windows, and the dirty towels are stored'in the upper part of the cabinet abovethe partition 22. All drainage from the pockets during storm periods being carried to the rear and discharged through the spout 25, the cabinet can be kept neat and-attractive in appearance at all times.

'We claim: r

l. A towel service cabinet for outdoor use subdivided into upper andlower compartments by an intermediate partition, the upper compartment having side openings and a drainage outlet in its rear wall and said partition having drainage channels leading to said drainage opening, in

combination with a raised support for said cabinet .the cabinet-beingp'rovided with means for guiding drainage' water t 0 said openings for discharge therethrough.-

4. A cabinet-having a downwardly opening bottorn compartment and laterally opening side compartments and an interior transverse partition below the latter compartments, said cabinet 2. An outdoor service cabinet for motor driven vehicles having an open lower end andan inclined hinged cover at its upper end provided at its lower margin with a lifting lip normally overhanging one of the side walls, in combination with means for suspending the cabinet in a raised position, a partition sub-dividing the cabinet into upper and lower compartments and provided with drainage channels leading to an opening in the vided with a support for holding, a 'bottleof V cleansing .fluid partially exposed through said opening, whereby a servioe'man' with dirty hands may have access to thecontents of the cabinet comprising a rear wall having an opening for the discharge ofwater. accumulating on said. partition, the-i-respectiveside opening compartments having bottomsprovided with drainage openings for the delivery of water accumulating in the side compartments onto said partition for discharge through the rear wall opening aforesaid.

5. The combination set forth in claim 4 in which the laterally. opening compartments have portions of their walls outside of saidcabinet in a position to receive rain water for discharge as aforesaid;

6. In a deviceof.th'e, character described'a cabinet having side walls, a front, wall, and a back wall, intermediate portions of one of said walls being expressed outwardly in the form of being inclined outwardly in general parallelism with the outwardly pressed portion of .said wall,

whereby the entire pocket thusv formed has an outward and upward inclination.

"79A cabinet -comprising a front wall, side :;w-alls, anda rearwall provided'with an aperture 7 -the outwardly pressed portionthereof and a bottom wall'ior said pocket extending from said 7 partition to the last mentionedside wall ,at the bottom of the pocket, said bottom-wall having a drainage aperture disposed above said parti-w tion: and. adapted to deliver; onto said partition drainage from said pocket, for discharge through the. aperture'in the rear wall ofthecabinet.

8, Thedevice of claim? in whichgsaid rear cabinet wall comprises mounting means constituting a channel havingan'aperture registering with that of the rear wall of the cabinet and through which registering aperturesportions of the partition first; mentioned extend to constituteawater discharge spout. H

9. A' device as described in claim '7 in which the partition first mentioned comprises a spout extension through the ape'rture'in the rear wall of thecabinetn A 10. A towel service cabinet forputdoor u above and below the partiti on-and to saidbottle- 'ldbtfillih 's'tafticii andthe 1ike'.-'saideabinee having an open lower end, a hinged cover at its upper end, a generally horizontal partition intermediate its upper and lower ends and provided with drainage channels and with a discharge spout ior which said cabinet is apertured. the cabinet having in at least one wall an outwardly exposed pocket leading downwardly and inwardly into the cabinet and having a pocket bottom apertured for drainage into the cabinet above the said partition, whereby rain water entering said pocket will drain along said chan nels and out said spout.

11. The device of claim 10 in further combination with a support upon which said cabinet is mounted in an elevated position to expose its open lower end.

12. The device of claim 10 in which the cabinet wall having the pocket is apertured. the pocket comprising a back pocket wall extension which is offset inwardly and extends downward- 1y from the cabinet wall behind the aperture and a forward pocket wall extension which is offset outwardly and extends upwardly from a portion of the cabinet wall beneath the aperture, the pocket bottom comprising another wall element connecting the said extensions, the respective extensions having pocket side-forming portions joined to the cabinet wall.

FINLEY CURTISS PEACOCK. JOHN B. ENGEL.

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